23-mile walk on M-24 to benefit struggling veterans

Folks are invited to stretch their legs this Saturday and go on a long walk for a good cause. The Fourth Annual Ruck for the Fallen is still looking for participants and volunteers. Organized by Project Brotherhood Resolve, the 23-mile walk along M-24 is designed to raise funds and awareness to help military veterans struggling […]

Cupcakes, classic cars to come together at library

By Danielle Smith Leader Staff Writer Start your engines and preheat those ovens because the Sixth Annual Classic Car and Cupcake Challenge is just around the corner. Automobile aficionados and folks with a sweet tooth are encouraged to cruise on over to the Addison Township Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 1-4 p.m. to […]

Scarecrow Fest is coming

Strawmen must be up by Oct. 1 Can you feel it? The air is getting cooler. The kids are back in school. The days are getting shorter, while the nights are growing longer. Football fans are busy cheering their teams on to victory. No doubt about it, autumn is coming. In downtown Oxford that can […]

Oops! Search for potential gas leak results in broken service line

Here’s a bit of irony for you – checking for a possible natural gas leak created one at 2 S. Glaspie St. in Oxford Village on Friday. According to Debra Dodd, spokesperson for Consumers Energy, one of their contractor was using a “pin bar” to poke holes in the ground as part of the leak […]

OXFD open house Sept. 8

The Oxford Fire Department will host its annual open house on Sunday, Sept. 8 from noon to 4 p.m. It will be held at Fire Station #1, located at 96 N. Washington St. in the village. Activities will include a smoke house, exploring the fire trucks and ambulances, meeting firefighters, spraying a fire hose, fire […]

In sickness and in health

Lakeville husband keeps vow to wife as they prepare to celebrate 50 years “To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.” When brides and grooms recite these traditional wedding vows, they’re […]

19-year-old killed in crash on Oakwood Rd.

A 19-year-old Metamora woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on E. Oakwood Rd., near Gardner Rd., in Oxford Township at 10:08 p.m. on Aug. 21. Keara Belle Obrzut was driving a 2018 BMW X4 and headed east on E. Oakwood Rd. when she lost control of her vehicle, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s […]

FISH distributes 148 backpacks loaded with school supplies

Thanks to a local nonprofit group, some Oxford and Lake Orion students are starting the new school year with the tools necessary to help them succeed academically. On Friday, Oxford-Orion FISH distributed brand-new backpacks brimming with a variety of school supplies to 115 students from low-income families. An additional 33 backpacks were handed out on […]

Oxford grad works with cheetahs in Africa

A 2018 Oxford High School graduate spent some time in Africa this summer working with and learning about a big cat that many experts claim is dangerously close to extinction in the wild. For two weeks, Jordyn Hughes, 18, volunteered at Feracare Wildlife Centre, a reserve located in Bela-Bela, a town in South Africa’s Limpopo […]